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[Android Apps and Games] wuub:
Very good job guys.

Quick question:

How can I refresh the app list manually.

Most of the time when I just installed an app, it doesn't show in the list before a while or a reboot.

Or it's just me and my personal settings?
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
This happens sometimes. AdClear is usually blocking even though it isn't showing up, but I know that can be frustrating if you'd like to do any changes. Toggling the VPN off then immediately back on should do the trick.
[Android Apps and Games] AgustinH:
I just tried several times to download from the page, but I can't...keeps on downloading to come the signal of error...
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
That's odd. I'm unable to replicate. What phone and OS version are you on?

You can also try downloading from our site: https://www.seven.com/android-adblocker-download.php
[Android Apps and Games] wuub:
Thanks for the prompt reply.

Sadly, only patience or a reboot works on my side.

Not a big deal even if not ideal.

Keep up the good work ! ?
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Can you send us a bug report? This is something we've been working on a fix for.
[Android Apps and Games] wuub:
Will do a bit later on during the week.

I'm a bit busy at work at the moment.

Thanks a lot
[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
I just found this app and it seems to do a great job. One question I have about the connection: I am using a Pixel 2, and in the Network & Internet Settings, I have an option for AdClear to "Stay connected to VPN at all times" and "Block connections without VPN". The Always-on selection is turned off. Should I turn it on or leave it alone? Any benefits or disadvantages from either setting?
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
I would say to possibly leave it alone, but if you need to block ads at all times, you could certainly try it out. I don't believe we've tested that option yet, at least on newer phones.
[Android Apps and Games] mrvanx:
Is it best to report some apps that have got past adclear in this thread? It's working GREAT.

The one that seems to get through is the game hole.io from the play store.

Everything else I use seems to be fine (I use YouTube vanced so haven't got any bother with ads anyway in YouTube)
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
This is an ad for hole.io in an app, or an ad in hole.io? We'd need to know the app if it's the former, but I'll take a look here today. We're usually 100% with the apps from that developer.
[Android Apps and Games] mrvanx:
[MENTION=7253675]SEVEN_AdClear[/MENTION]: It is ads from inside the game itself. They seems to be full screen video ads (When a game has finished) and some static small ads at the bottom of the game start screen. I can see from the logs that AdClear has blocked ALOT of ads aswell. This seems to have come around after the last major update to Hole.io which introduced the new game modes?

Hope this helps. Cheers.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
I've been testing it for the past few minutes and haven't run into them yet. What device and OS are you on?
[Android Apps and Games] mrvanx:
OnePlus 6, Oreo 8.1 may security update.

If it helps I'm on oxygen os 5.1.8 stock (no root or magisk or anything).

Edit: the ads don't always show up it seems to be at random when they appear.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Hm, are you going between cell and wi-fi service? Or playing it with the VPN off sometimes? We've been testing on our OnePlus 3 running 7.1.1 and can't get anything. It's possible that it's caching ads in the background with the VPN off.
[Android Apps and Games] I-AM-PC:
Does this block lockscreen ads on Amazon Fire Tablets?
[Android Apps and Games] mrvanx:
I had a play around for a few days and it does seem to coincide with me just quitting the game to the background and we. I come back to it there may have been several transitions between cell and WiFi. If I kill the app it doesn't seem to happen.
[Android Apps and Games] dboechat:
I installed App Launcher for the first time yesterday and I'm having the same problem. Can't add my Google account.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
I couldn't say for sure. We haven't officially supported the kindle os for a little while now. YMMV. Let us know if you try it out, though.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
This is something we have a fix for that we'll be putting out soon.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Sometimes apps can be so malicious with ads that when the internet opens up for half a second, they store a ton on your device. We usually transition seamlessly between them though. Send us a bug report and we'll take a look at it.
[Android Apps and Games] Nezzox:
This app works generally very well. I get ads in Facebook messenger and Sync for Reddit though.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
I apologize for that. We were blocking Facebook ads, but they made some changes recently that we’re investigating. We can’t block reddit promoted posts, but I’ll takd a look at that banner ad.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
I've been testing sync for a while, and I've blocked all the ads. They seem to come from a common amazon ad service that we block. Can you send us a report through the app? We'll see if there are any connection issues happening (Mention you're from XDA). Are you using HTTPS Filtering?
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
If you tried to download last night, we apologize. Our upload failed, but we've fixed it now. The link should be good to go.
[Android Apps and Games] Nezzox:
Yeah I'm using the https filtering. I'm going to look into the report sending.

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Report sent as of now! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Just for posterity, this appears to be because you are using Android 7+. You'll need to use our beta app App Launcher.
[Android Apps and Games] santhoshraon:
Very good!

Just installed it on my brand new Redmi Note 5 Pro and it is working great! Will update my observations subsequently. Tons of thanks to [MENTION=7253675]SEVEN_AdClear[/MENTION] for keeping it updated :)
[Android Apps and Games] Nezzox:
Android 8.1.0 actually...
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Yes, I just meant any version above Android 7. They made changes in Nougat that require App Launcher to block ads for most apps.
[Android Apps and Games] vishalgaur789:
Adclear is using roughly 20% battery out of 80% usage (20% battery remained unused when I put it back on charge).

So, it is a huge ratio.

Phone: Xiaomi Mi A1

OS: Oreo 8.1.0 (8.0 had same results).

UI: Stock Android.

I've stopped using AdClear now due to this.
[Android Apps and Games] exodius48:
Anyone know how to solve youtube error like on ss?
[Android Apps and Games] Lexx Diamond:
After the latest update it gets disabled from time to time and I notice I can't block the Google Play store anymore. SMH that some BS.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
This is on App Launcher, yes? We've had this error recently come up. What phone and OS are you using?
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Send us a bug report next time it disables itself and we'll take a look at it. We're trying to narrow down the cause of that popping up here recently. With the Play Store, we've disabled ad blocking for a long time, as doing so causes it to break by design.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
If you're going off of your battery manager app, using Android's VPN function causes those statistics to be inaccurate due to all traffic being attributed to the VPN rather than their respective apps.

If that wasn't the case, what other apps were you using at the time. Did you send us a battery report in the app?
[Android Apps and Games] exodius48:
Yes bro, its on app launcher.

OS stock android 8.1.0 androidone, Phone Xiaomi Mi A1
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Thank you so much. We'll have an update for this out soon.
[Android Apps and Games] vishalgaur789:
Sirrrrr... I cleared myself in the query itself. I presumed your reply BATTERY STATS ARE INACCURATE. that's why I had written pretty clearly that I have manually checked screen on time and there's a HUGE difference when I use AdClear and when I don't.

The difference is of hours.

No doubt the App is doing wonders but anything that goes against my battery doesn't deserve to be there in my system.

Reason is not just battery. Reason is also where the usage is happening? It is supposed to block ad triggering cookies and traffic that is not EXTRAA work which would require battery usage to this extent plus to top it up my system says the traffic may be monitored.

Combining all, it was a better decision to remove AdClear until the situation is resolved.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
The usage comes from all other apps being routed through AdClear. Sometimes apps can respond negatively to ad blocking and try thousands of times to send an ad. It's difficult to pinpoint the reasons when the screen is on, but we do weekly tests with as much control as we can to test battery usage. With screen on, it's all about the context of what apps, network, etc. was being used. That would help us investigate the cause of the drain and fix it. With screen off, AdClear drains about 5% an hour, which is average.
[Android Apps and Games] vishalgaur789:
Why have you disabled google play services? You are trying to run a Google app without Google services? It is like living in North Korea without respecting Kim Jong Un. That means DEATH btw.

You have three options:

-Enable Google Play Services

-Root your device

-Forget YouTube and use NewPipe.

I use FOSS NewPipe even though I could use Youtube. NewPipe is much much much better. Plus, no ads.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
This is within our App Launcher app, if that was unclear. It's an issue that arises on custom ROMs and 64-bit OSes. We have an update coming in a couple of weeks for it.
[Android Apps and Games] vishalgaur789:
OP didn't mention custom ROM though.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Right. Just noting that we've identified the cause of the problem. :good::good:
[Android Apps and Games] exodius48:
Bro, before comment, pls read your above comment
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Haha, we apologize for that. We make use of some sort of dated hardware in some places and it can act up at times.
[Android Apps and Games] bond32:
Giving AdClear a try again, I always enjoy testing new features. I like the changes (haven't used it in about a year).

One feature I really like is being able to add my own host sources. I also really like the new proxy addition.

Has it been discussed to include (if possible) DNSCrypt or some sort of encrypted DNS? With that said, I might recommend moving the DNS portion from "Ad Blocking" to its own menu space somehow/somewhere; same with the "Filtering Log".
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Great question. We have some UI changes planned soon because a lot of the options are in odd places. With DNS, we previously supported DNS ad blocking, but with recent changes Google has made with Pie, we've migrated to blocked DNS through TLS requests via SSL. We will probably move that to its own individual settings, maybe grouped next to the proxy.

With encrypted DNS, I'm not 100% sure, but I believe some of the servers we have available in settings use it. I don't see why using an outside source with DNSCrypt would cause any problems. Internally, we haven't discussed doing this on our own, but we have an idea that's a bit far away that this might be of interest for. I'll bring it up at our next meeting!
[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
Here's an issue I have noticed. I have the Pixel 2 XL, and ever since I updated to Android 9.0 (pie), I stopped getting notifications in a timely manner. The only things that came in real time are phone calls and texts. All other notifications for every other app were delayed, sometimes for hours. I couldn't figure out why. I tried to disable the new Adaptive Battery setting, I disabled the Battery Optimization for each of the affected apps, and I even allowed them unlimited background data...all to no avail. I couldn't get notifications in real time, no matter what. Today, on a hunch, I disabled AdClear, and lo and behold, notifications started rolling in like normal and instantly. As much as I dislike ads, I have to have some of these notifications (alarm, bank, scores, etc.).

I guess this prompts two questions:

1. Have you heard of this issue from any other users? I know Pie is still limited in distribution, but it can grow quickly

2. Is there any kind of fix/workaround for this, either through a setting or upcoming build?

One note, my wife has the original Pixel, and is also on Pie. Her phone doesn't seem to have this issue while running AdClear. Very odd.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Let me know if this happens again the next time you use AdClear. This sounds like some sort of connection hangup. I know they changed notifications with Pie a bit, but I don't believe we have this issue right now. I'll try to replicate on my end. We'd certainly fix it in the next build.

Did you send us a bug report in the app? That would get us the logs of what happened.
[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
I turned it off, but I can enable it today. If it keeps happening, I'll send you the bug report.

UPDATE 1: I just went to enable AdClear and I saw two options. One was ad blocking and one was snooze. I never paid attention to the snooze option, so I am going to turn that off and see what happens.

UPDATE 2: So far this morning, with the "snooze" setting off within your app, all notifications seem to be coming through as usual. Maybe that shouldn't be on by default.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Didn't catch your second update until now! I didn't actually know it was enabled by default. It might be a recent move. We've had notification issues from some about message notifications in snooze. I'll let our team know.
[Android Apps and Games] wpbear:
Adclear is blocking the Roku app from starting. Problem is even the remote control part of the app won't t load then.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Is this consistent? Sometimes we find that casting apps take a couple of tries to start.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Hey everyone, just letting you know that if you tried to send us a bug report through AdClear recently, we may not have received it due to a bug with our bug reporting platform (what a coincidence!). The latest update should fix this problem. I apologize if your messages seemed unanswered!
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
We just made some pretty big changes internally with regards to AdClear. It should be a much lighter application now. This will help us make some improvements that we've been talking about for a while as well! :good::good::good:
[Android Apps and Games] Hedied4me:
I really like AdClear, but it makes any app that uses internet on my phone slow and many times unresponsive.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
I'm sorry that that's happening. It's certainly not expected behavior. Have you sent us a bug report yet? I'll happily take a look at what might be going on in the logs. Connection speed is a top priority for us.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Hey everyone!

We just updated our filters to block banner ads in YouTube. You can manually sync with the new filter list by going to Settings > Ad Blocking > Additional filters and pulling down from the top to sync (you'll see a spinning wheel). Otherwise you should automatically sync at some point. Let us know how it works on your end!
[Android Apps and Games] payjo73:
okay, first try on z5c nougat everything runs smoothly there haven't been any problems
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Good to hear!
[Android Apps and Games] mahercs:
[MENTION=7260411]SEVENDev[/MENTION] I deleted the app in an attempt to test something with an issue I've been having. I also tried another app to see if it would be any different. Ad blocking is clearly superior with AdClear, and the issue doesn't seem to be associated with the ad blocking features, so I wanted to reinstall it. One thing I noticed upon reinstalling the app is the language in the disclosure that users must agree to in order to complete the install. I searched for comments about this, but wasn't successful in finding an answer. What's up with giving AdClear the "ability to transfer my personal information to other countries that may not have the same data protection laws as the one in which we reside"? I have seen comments and language about collecting data to improve the app, but it makes me nervous to send "my personal information to other countries". How are we to feel confident that doesn't include names, accounts, passwords, etc....?
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
I know that sounds alarming! It's for GDPR compliance for us to transfer analytics/log files to the U.S. from Europe. We give the same the same text to all users for simplicity's sake.

Edit: For those unaware, GDPR clarifies that analytics and data are personal information, regardless of what they are.
[Android Apps and Games] myclone1234:
How can I import this filters?

raw.githubusercontent.com/nmtrung/FMSF-2.0/master/fmsf_2.0.txt
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
This is something we currently do not support, but it's near the top of our list of things we want to get integrated.
[Android Apps and Games] Surfing_Legend:
I've been using Steven Blacks integrated hosts file with Adclear for a while now with no ill effects. But I don't know if it is really working or not.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts

The link above always points to lSteven Blacks latest updated hosts txt file and is the same link I have added to Adclear.

But is it really working? You have implemented an option to add a url in the user filter list area. If the link above is indeed working with Adclear I don't think you'll find a better url than that.

I would be interested in your feedback. Using latest 8.4 Beta.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
That is currently to add individual filters for certain sites (e.g. ||google.com in the Block list will block any google address). We don't currently import filters from files.

However, we actually used to include the Steven Black lists in our filters, but we moved away from it due to it having a lot of filters that work on desktop but break things on mobile. We have curtailed their list a bit while adding more mobile oriented filters. We feel our ad blocking is the best its been at the moment.

Like I said though, we will be adding custom lists in the future. We talked about it in a meeting recently and we would implement it, so I would expect it sooner than later. In the meantime, you can check our Additional Filters page for other lists we provide.
[Android Apps and Games] Surfing_Legend:
Thanks for the clarification I'll remove the url from Adclear!
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
No problem! It probably wasn't doing any harm, though.
[Android Apps and Games] vishalgaur789:
New Bug: NOTIFICATIONS

I've recently found a bug that is causing NO MESSAGE NOTIFICATIONS when my screen is locked and AdClear VPN is turned on.

This is happening with Whatsapp/email/fb messenger and everything.

Tried turning on UNRESTRICTED DATA USAGE for those apps, background data is already on, push is on.

Problem goes away as soon as I turn/toggle off AdClear.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
This is interesting. It sounds like an older bug that's reappeared.Are you using Snooze mode? That might cause a problem. I would send us a connection issue through the app so we can see what's happening
[Android Apps and Games] vishalgaur789:
Snooze mode

Snooze mode used to be fine but now it has been bypassing my phone settings

Disabling it worked only after reinstalling the app
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
What's odd is that we bypass apps like Whatsapp. The traffic shouldn't be interacting with AdClear at all, which might mean that we're causing errors with connections outside of the VPN. Are you on Wi-Fi or Data? We'd love to take a look at the log file to see what's going on.
[Android Apps and Games] vishalgaur789:
No logs

Bro i removed logs already

I told you that i reinstalled the app

Moreover I know the problem. It is Snooze.

If you don't interfere with traffic of Whatsapp then the problem wouldn't have arrived at first place.

Without snooze adclear is so heavy on my battery.

I can't see the CALL RECORDER (FOSS from F-Droid) in SNOOZE category (that I discovered only after no notification issue. This is why I had to completely turn off snooze else it won't let call recorder run when call arrives (this app is not listed by ANY NAME in snooze list).

So

Turn on snooze: no whatsapp notification

Solution: turn off snooze for whatsapp and any other app that you want to show notification.

BUT! BUT! BUT!

My favorite call recorder is not listed in that list.

So my only option is to completely toggle off SNOOZE.

Positives: Notifications are back to normal

Negatives: Battery life is again taking a hit (I did comolain about battery earlier too although the person who replied me was too ignorant and said the stats are wrong because phone THINKS AdClear is using battery but it is just diverting traffic of the app that is using the battery).

And now, suddenly STATS became right?

Because now AdClear doesn't hog as much battery as it used to.

But anyway.

I'd wait for the bug to get fixed because AdClear has no alternative imho.

Seriously.

Just don't become the next ES File explorer. Stick to what it is now without selling your souls to the country cum ah-nation China.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Oh I apologize. I thought you were saying that Snooze wasn't the problem. It does pause background processes when turned on. I'll see if that prevents notifications on our end. We've had similar reports before but I thought it was fixed.

AdClear does have an effect on the battery, but the battery monitors being inaccurate is true. It's due to using the Android VPN, and you'll see other VPN apps frustrated with that like we are. It makes our own battery testing a lot more complicated.

I'll take a look at Snooze and get back to you soon.
[Android Apps and Games] xafe42:
Thanks

This was the only adblocker that works perfectly for me
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Thank you! We're glad it's working well for you.
[Android Apps and Games] FanboyStudios:
Add the ability to import hosts files please!

I would love to be able to use badass bADdieblock with this.

https://gitlab.com/fanboystudios/badass-bADdie-block
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
We're working on it! We've had it in our backlog for a while now and personally, I'm itching to get it implemented. I've been sending it up the ladder. I'll do it again with this reminder!
[Android Apps and Games] cnjax:
Wow that's an insightful post
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
What's happening? Are you on Android 7 or above?
[Android Apps and Games] Jesus is God Almighty:
So iv been testing ad blockers like Adguard, Adlock, Adclear with Dubbel and i think my favorit because it's free and open source Block This!

The 2 first cost money and i was concerned in regards of Adclear in regards of money making but i see it is free at the present moment. The only one that seems to work with YouTube but i don't really use there program much at present time so it is not much of a concern.

Hmmmm, it does seem to work rather good but... Wait il make a video its quicker :) BRB
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Just fyi, AdClear has always been free!
[Android Apps and Games] Jesus is God Almighty:
How do they get money then, selling Data?

My video is done just need to finish uploading :)

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[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
We collect analytics. You can read more in the original post here or in AdClear's FAQ located in Help & Feedback in the app.